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African giant pouched rat wins the world’s highest bravery award

Magawa has bee awarded the PDSA Gold Medal for his life-saving work [Photo: Courtesy]

This courageous critter is a hero of the rat race - awarded the animal world’s highest bravery award for sniffing out deadly landmines and explosives in Cambodia. Magawa, an African giant pouched rat, has made safe 141,000 square metres of heavily mined ground - equal to 20 football pitches - finding 39 landmines and 28 other explosives.

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